Comparative Biology of Aging

Chairperson: Thomas C.G. Bosch
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Am Botanischen Garten 1-9, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Phone: +49 431 880 4169
Email: tbosch@zoologie.uni-kiel.de

Vice-chairperson: Serge Adnot
Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94010 Creteil - France
Tel: 33 (0)1 49 81 26 81
Tel: 33 (0)1 49 81 26 89
Email: serge.adnot@inserm.fr

INSERM U.955
Faculté de Médecine
94010 Créteil, France

The second Jacques Monod conference on « Comparative Biology of Aging » promotes advances in basic and applied aging research. The conference brings together both established leaders in the fields of aging with promising young researchers and is focused on holistic approaches to understand better the mechanisms, the physiology and the « raison d’être » of aging in the tree of life.  The conference is expected to foster interactions between workers from different disciplines working on various model and non-model organisms. The mission of the Jacques Monod conference is to contribute to a novel and integrated understanding of aging by providing new insights into the evolution of life cycle, mechanisms of homeostasis, social behavior, ecology and the development of new technologies to prevent and treat age-associated diseases and environmental stresses.

Invited speakers
(provisional titles)

• Murat Acar (Yale University, USA)
  Systems biology of single-cell aging
   
• Serge Adnot (Inserm, Paris, France)
  Cell senescence as a target for lung diseases
   
• Andreas Beyer (CECAD Research Center, Cologne, Germany)
  Ageing-associated decline of RNA biosynthesis
   
• Thomas Bosch (University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany)
  Insights from non-senescent Hydra
   
• Emmanuelle Cambois (INED, Aubervilliers, France)
  Integrating social and biological mechanisms to understand the heterogeneity in population ageing
   
• Francois Criscuolo (CNRS - University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France)
  Telomeres as predictors of individual ageing trajectory: is everything written at the end of growth?
   
• Vincent Geli (Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Marseille, France)
  The p21-mtert knock-in mouse : an in vivo model of senescence by-pass and much more
   
• Eric Gilson (Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging (IRCAN), Nice, France)
  Impact of telomere alterations on organismal fitness and adaptation
   
• Steve Horvath (UCLA Brain Research Institute, Los Angeles, USA)
  DNA methylation age studies of mammals
   
• Sandrine Humbert (University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France)
  Huntingtin participates in the stress response on adult hippocampal neurogenesis
   
• Lida Katsimpardi (Institut Pasteur, Paris, France)
  Systemic regulation of the balance between aging and rejuvenation
   
• Eli Keshet (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel)
  Vascular theory of aging
   
• Julie Law (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, USA)
  Mechanisms governing DNA methylation during plant development
   
• Han Liang (Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, USA)
  Comparative analysis of primate genomes reveals an evolutionary origin of aging-related diseases
   
• Julia von Maltzahn (Leibniz Institute on Aging, Jena, Germany)
  Muscle stem cells during aging and in aging-related diseases
   
• Christof Niehrs (Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Mainz, Germany)
  The role of Gadd45 in DNA methylation and ageing
   
• Sven Petterson (Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore)
  Gut microbe interactions & age related organ function ; A special focus on brain
   
• Florence Solari (Institut NeuroMyoGène (INMG), Lyon, France)
  Deciphering muscle aging in C. elegans
   
• Björn Schumacher (CECAD Research Center, Cologne, Germany)
  DNA damage responses in aging and disease : an organismal perspective
   
• Dario Valenzano (Leibniz Institute on Aging, Jena, Germany)
  African killifishes shed light on evolution and modulation of vertebrate lifespan
   
• Rudi Westendorp (University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark)
  Harnessing the power of big data to challenge human ageing
   
• Maxima Yun (CRTD / Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany)
  Limits to senescence in super-regenerators : insights from the salamander

Deadline for application: August 15, 2022

Registration fee (including board and lodging)

• 470 € for PhD students
• 760 € for other participants

Application for registration

The total number of participants is limited to 115 and all participants are expected to attend for the whole duration of the conference. Selection is made on the basis of the affinity of potential participants with the topics of the conference. Scientists and PhD Students interested in the meeting should deposit online before the deadline: https://cjm2-2020.sciencesconf.org/

• their curriculum vitae
• the proof of their student status
• the list of their main publications for the 3 last years
• the abstract of their presentation:

The abstract must respect the following template:

• First line: title
• Second line: list of authors
• Third line: author's addresses
• Fourth line: e-mail of the presenting author

Abstract should not exceed 600 words. No figures.

After the deadline, the organizers will select the participants. Except in some particular cases approved by the Chairperson, it is recommended that all selected participants present their work during the conference, either in poster form or by a brief in- session talk. The organizers choose the form in which the presentations are made. No payment will be sent with application. Information on how and when to pay will be mailed in due time to those selected.